Make Model Yamaha YZF-R 125 Year 2012 Engine Liquid cooled, four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, SOHC, 4 valve Capacity 124 Bore x Stroke 57 × 58.7mm Compression Ratio 10.4:1 Induction Fuel Injection Ignition  /  Starting TCI  /  electric Clutch Wet Multiple-disc Max Power 12.6 KW 17 hp @ 8500 rpm Max [...]

  2011 marks a very special moment in two wheeled motorsport as the 50th Anniversary of World Championship Grand Prix racing for Yamaha. As part of a series of ongoing activities to celebrate this landmark Yamaha Factory Racing will run a special livery, the ‘YZR-M1 WGP50th Anniversary Edition’ for the Assen TT and Laguna Seca [...]

2011 witnesses a landmark of World Championship Grand Prix racing for Yamaha, having successfully competed at the highest level for 50 years. From the very first Grand Prix entry in the French GP of 1961 to today, Yamaha has been an icon at the forefront of Grand Prix racing with countless victories delivered the world [...]

After thirteen stages of racing and more than 9000km covering two countries and a sizeable chunk of South America the 33rd Dakar rally has finished with Yamaha present on two of the final podiums. As the teams and riders celebrated the end of another gruelling event Yamaha Racing France Ipone’s Helder Rodrigues was thrilled to [...]

After a season fraught with challenges ranging from serious injury to race position penalties, Ronan Quarmby wrapped up the 2010 Interfile National Supersport Championship on board his Interfile/tyre in Transit Yamaha R6 after the first race of the final round of the championship series held at Kyalami this past weekend. Quarmby then went on to [...]

Going to Cape Town for your December holidays? Would love to be able to take advantage of the magnificent summer weather and cruise the mountain passes on a bike, or commute by bike through the traffic mayhem around Camps Bay? But you can’t take your bike with you because you have to pull a trailer [...]

Day two of the Valencia test started under better conditions than yesterday, allowing Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies a full morning’s riding in the Spanish sunshine. Both riders had completed their testing schedule by the lunchtime break, giving the Yamaha engineers enough data to work over the winter break for the [...]

Newly-crowned 2010 MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo enjoyed a homecoming fit for heroes when he landed in his native Mallorca yesterday, with thousands of people turning out to greet the victorious Fiat Yamaha rider as he touched down on home shores.

A double podium for the Fiat Yamaha Team today sealed the second leg of the 2010 Triple Crown, as World Champion Jorge Lorenzo finished second and Valentino Rossi third behind winner Casey Stoner in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

Jorge Lorenzo wins the 2010 MotoGP championship with Yamaha Here are comments from Jorge Lorenzo after winning the championship: “This is my first title in the premier category and my dream has come true! This is really the maximum a motorcycle rider can achieve in his career so we have to celebrate and enjoy these [...]

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is delighted to announce that it has reached an agreement with Jorge Lorenzo whereby the Spaniard will remain with the factory for the next two years. 23-year-old Lorenzo, who joined Yamaha in 2008, has won an impressive seven races so far this season and is on target to take his first [...]

The MotoGP paddock heads to ‘Motorland’ Aragon this weekend for its last European stop before the triple-leg overseas tour later this month. The Spanish track is a new addition to the calendar and both championship leader Jorge Lorenzo and reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi are looking forward to getting to the grips with what is [...]

Jorge Lorenzo: “I don’t have many words for the race on such a sad say. I made a good start but I couldn’t keep close to Pedrosa. Second is good, we weren’t fast enough but for the championship it’s another very important result and that is our target. The podium is our goal in all [...]

Tomizawa, the successful Moto2 rider has tragically passed away at 14:20 at the San Marino grand Prix in Italy today. As he excited the corner at full speed his bike ran wide and he went onto the Astroturf . As he lost control and came off,  he was struck by two other riders, Alex De Angelis and Scott Redding. [...]

Jorge Lorenzo took his eleventh straight front row of the season in Indianapolis today to extend his spotless 2010 qualifying record, but it was a difficult day for his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi as the World Champion slid out in the closing minutes of the session and will start from seventh. Another hot day [...]